Pål said that Pentax has a large market share in the domestic medium format
market. they are a bit player in the domestic 35mm and compact camera
markets, both film and digital. Pentax has a far larger market share and
brand recognition overseas compared to inside Japan. having said that, it's
still one of the big 5 Japanese SLR manufacturers - Canon, Nikon, Olympus,
Konica-Minolta, and Pentax, not necessarily in that order. Canon and Nikon
account for 90% of DSLR sales worldwide with Canon somewhat ahead of Nikon
in unit sales. the D70 saved Nikon's bacon.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
I suspect that the collapse of the Japanese real estate bubble has hurt
Pentax quite a bit. Someone a while back said that most of Pentax's market
is Japan itself. The Japanese economy is struggling because their real
estate bubble burst leaving a lot of people with a crushing debt burden.
They are trying to pay off their debts and that doesn't leave much for
camera purchases.
